Typical System

Total Control are five Melbourne men dead-set on pumping life into the spiritual tradition of post-punk exploration with little regard for sonic congruity. It's easy to read into the densities of their new album, Typical System, but it's more satisfying to give yourself over to the record's bleak, peculiar breeze.

Total Control are five Melbourne men dead-set on pumping life into the spiritual tradition of post-punk exploration with little regard for sonic congruity. It's easy to read into the densities of their new album, Typical System, but it's more satisfying to give yourself over to the record's bleak, peculiar breeze.

The Melbourne based project improve on their classy debut with a return to the darkness for their second, and maybe final, release.

The Melbourne based project improve on their classy debut with a return to the darkness for their second, and maybe final, release.

When bands give a genre a much needed shot in the arm, they usually do so by borrowing from one band in particular who made said genre great.

When bands give a genre a much needed shot in the arm, they usually do so by borrowing from one band in particular who made said genre great.

Melbourne's Total Control follow their best-in-class synth-punk debut with another terrifically creative leftfield rock record, writes <strong>Tom Hughes</strong>

Melbourne's Total Control follow their best-in-class synth-punk debut with another terrifically creative leftfield rock record, writes <strong>Tom Hughes</strong>